# disparate
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from PIE *dwóh₁ (“two”) and *per- (“carry forth”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /dɪˈspæɹət/, /dɪˈspɛɹət/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: (US) -æɹət, (US) -ɛɹət

### Adjective

disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)
* Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
    The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
** 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 269:The London Transport Museum was established, from disparate collections, at Covent Garden in 1980.
** 2023 February 8, Tony Streeter, “Kirkdale: home to Merseyrail's new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 976, page 36:Although third-rail operation in the region dates back more than a century, it was in the 1970s that tunnels under Liverpool's city centre opened to bring together previously disparate routes.
* Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
* Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
** 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error:Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.
** 1912, Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Bergson:M. Bergson’s philosophy, unlike most of the systems of the past, is dualistic: the world, for him, is divided into two disparate portions, on the one hand life, on the other matter, or rather that inert something which the intellect views as matter.

#### Synonyms

* (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
* (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
* (incapable of being compared): incommensurable

#### Derived terms

* disparency
* nondisparate

#### Related terms

* dispair
* disparately
* disparateness
* disparity

#### See also

* desperate (not to be confused)

#### References

* ↑ Longman Exams Dictionary
* ↑ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

#### Further reading

* “disparate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “disparate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Noun

disparate (plural disparates)
* (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

### Anagrams

* aspirated

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to make equal”), from par (“equal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dis.pa.ʁat/
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Adjective

disparate (plural disparates)
* disparate; incongruous

### Further reading

* “disparate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

disparate
* inflection of disparat:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Adjective

disparate
* feminine plural of disparato

### Anagrams

* derapasti, disperata

## Latin
### Verb

disparāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of disparō

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒiʃ.paˈɾa.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.paˈɾa.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.pɐˈɾa.tɨ/

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from disparatar or borrowed from Spanish disparate.

#### Noun

disparate m (plural disparates)
* nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
    Synonyms: asneira, contrassenso, desconchavo, despautério, dislate, tolice
    Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.You speak nonsense, my friend.
* a great amount; a lot
    O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.The town was deluged with tourists in summer.(literally, “The town received a great amount of tourists in the summer.”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

disparate
* inflection of disparatar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dispaˈɾate/ [d̪is.paˈɾa.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ate
* Syllabification: dis‧pa‧ra‧te

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from disparatar.

#### Noun

disparate m (plural disparates)
* nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
    Synonym: dislate
** (Can we date this quote?), Don Quijote:— […] Y no me amaño a dejarle, por más disparates que haga.and I can't leave him, no matter how many mistakes he makes.
** 2010, Alberto Lema, translated by Iris Cochón, Sidecar, Caballo de Troya (Random House):— […] Y todo ese disparate sobre la supuesta infinitud de las personas; cuanto más sabes más quieres saber, más sabes que no sabes, etc.; es una estupidez.And all that hogwash about the supposed infinity of people; the more you know the more you want to know, the more you know that you don't know, etc.; it's all silliness.
* a great amount; a lot
* crazy idea

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

disparate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of disparar combined with te

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

disparate
* inflection of disparatar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “disparate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10